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【題目】 Darrell Blatchley, a marine biologist and environmentalist based in the Philippine city of Davao, received a call from the philippines’ Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (漁業(yè)與水產資源局) early Friday morning reporting a death of a young whale.

When the necropsy (尸檢) was performed, Blatchley told NPR, he was not prepared for the amount of plastic they found in the whale’s stomach. “It was full of plastic- nothing but nonstop plastic,” he said. “It was filled to the point that its stomach was as hard as a baseball.” “That means that this animal has been suffering not for days or weeks but for months or even a year or more.” Blatchley added.

Blatchley is the founder and owner of the D’ Bone Collector Museum, a natural history museum in Davao. In the coming days, the museum will display all the items found in the whale’s system.

Blatchley and his team work with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and other organizations to assist in rescue and recovery of marine animals.

“Within the last 10 years, we have recovered 61 whales and dolphins just within the Davao Gulf,” he said. “Of them, 57 have died due to man --whether they took plastic or fishing nets or other waste, or gotten caught in pollution-- and four were pregnant.”

Blatchley said he hoped that the latest incident would launch the issue of plastic pollution in the Philippines and across the globe. “If we keep going this way, it will be more uncommon to see an animal die of natural causes than it is to see an animal die of plastic.” he said.

【1】What can be inferred from the second paragraph?

A.The whale was starved to death.

B.Blatchley didn’t make preparations for the necropsy.

C.The dead whale must have swallowed a baseball.

D.Blatchley was shocked at what he found.

【2】What does Blatchley think of plastic pollution in the Philippines?

A.Uncommon.B.Inspiring.

C.Worrying.D.Puzzling.

【3】What is the best title for the text?

A.Natural Death or Merciless murder.

B.Stand Up for Protecting Whales.

C.Plastic Threatening Our Existence.

D.A Whale Found Dead of Plastic.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】D

【解析】

本文是一篇新聞報道。一只鯨魚因吞食大量的塑料而死亡，這引發(fā)了人們對海洋污染的擔憂。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“hewasnotpreparedfortheamountofplastictheyfoundinthewhale'sstomach ”可知，布拉奇利在鯨魚的胃里發(fā)現(xiàn)了大量的塑料，他對此毫無準備，這是他意想不到的。由此可知，布拉奇利對他的發(fā)現(xiàn)感到震驚，故選D。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的Blatchley said he hoped that the latest incident would launch the issue of plastic pollution in the Philippines and across the globe “Ifwekeepgoingthisway,itwillbemoreuncommontoseeananimaldieofnaturalcausesthanitistoseeananimaldieofplastic,” 布拉奇利說，他希望這一最新事件能在菲律賓乃至全球引發(fā)塑料污染問題。布拉奇利說如果我們繼續(xù)這樣下去，動物因吃塑料死亡的情況比自然死亡更為常見，由此判斷出，他對菲律賓的塑料污染很擔憂，故選C。

【3】主旨大意題�？v觀全文本文的主旨句在第一段“Darrell Blatchley,…received a call from the philippines’ Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (漁業(yè)與水產資源局) early Friday morning reporting a death of a young whale.” 海洋生物學家和環(huán)保人士達雷爾·布拉奇利周五一早接到菲律賓漁業(yè)和水產資源局的電話，報告一頭幼鯨死亡”。接著下文對這只鯨的解剖發(fā)現(xiàn)，這只鯨魚因吞食大量的塑料而死亡，這引發(fā)了人們對塑料污染的擔憂。由此可知，全文圍繞一只死于塑料的鯨魚展開。而且從文章的高頻詞來說鯨魚whale以及plastic在文章中反復出現(xiàn)，故A和C沒有涉及到whale，而B沒有涉及到plastic，只有D項“ 一頭鯨魚被發(fā)現(xiàn)死于塑料”為最佳標題。故選D。

文章標題可以是單詞，短語，也可以是句子，它的特點是：短小精悍，多為一短語；涵蓋性強，一般要求能覆蓋全文，其確定的范圍要恰當，既不能太大，也不能太��；精確性強。

確定最佳標題的方法。在閱讀文章時，要注意文章中反復出現(xiàn)的或強調的信息，尋找與文章大多數(shù)內容相關的信息。找出覆蓋全文的核心詞匯，看選項內容是否切中文章的中心論題。也就是要看選項內容與作者的寫作目的是否一致。如第3小題，文章反復出現(xiàn)的單詞是whale以及plastic，這與選項D.A Whale Found Dead of Plastic相照應。

尋找文章的主題句。文章主要論題的關鍵是找到文章的主題句。主題句通常在文章的首段，也可能在文章的末段，在文章的某一段落，或分散在文章的各個段落中。如果每個段落都有主題句，那么把各段落的主題句的中心集中起來，即為全文的主題句。第3小題屬于主旨大意題�？v觀全文本文的主旨句在第一段“Darrell Blatchley,…received a call from the philippines’ Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (漁業(yè)與水產資源局) early Friday morning reporting a death of a young whale.” 海洋生物學家和環(huán)保人士達雷爾·布拉奇利周五一早接到菲律賓漁業(yè)和水產資源局的電話，報告一頭幼鯨死亡”。接著下文對這只鯨的解剖發(fā)現(xiàn)，這只鯨魚因吞食大量的塑料而死亡，這引發(fā)了人們對塑料污染的擔憂。由此可知，全文圍繞一只死于塑料的鯨魚展開。而且從文章的高頻詞來說鯨魚whale以及plastic在文章中反復出現(xiàn)，故A和C沒有涉及到whale，而B沒有涉及到plastic，只有D項“ 一頭鯨魚被發(fā)現(xiàn)死于塑料”為最佳標題。故選D。